--- In [email protected], Herouth Maoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> ~te iru = something is in a certain state
> ~te aru = something is in a certain state because it was
deliberately put in that state
>
> So for example - kuruma ha chuusha shite arimasu: the car is
parked
> (somebody has parked it)
>
> I don't think you can say "aruite aru", because nobody has put the
> dog into a state of walking. Walking, as you say, is not a static
state.
>
> Herouth>
I see. So would it be correct to say, "Hikôki wa tonde aru" (The
airplane is flying), but not, "Kujira ga oyoide aru" (The whale is
swimming)? "-Te aru" would imply a transitive action. My take is that
in the first example, the pilot put the airplane into a state of
flying (transitive action), so "-te aru" would be appropiate here. As
for the whale, it swims of its own accord and thus the action is
intransitive.
In what sense is it best to use "-te aru" or "-te iru"? I often hear
both being used rather liberally at times.
- Arian I.
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